12-letter words containing y, a, v
- navigability — deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.
- non-advocacy — the act of pleading for, supporting, or recommending; active espousal: He was known for his advocacy of states' rights.
- nontrivially — In a nontrivial manner.
- nonviability — The state or condition of being nonviable; impracticality.
- nonvoluntary — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- north kvaløy — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway. Area: 329 sq km (127 sq miles)
- olivary body — one of two oval bodies or prominences composed of nerve tissue, one on each side of the anterior surface of the medulla oblongata.
- olive family — the plant family Oleaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having opposite, simple or pinnately compound leaves, usually small and sometimes showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or winged seed, and including the ash, forsythia, lilac, olive, and privet.
- only have to — If you say you only have to do one thing in order to achieve or prove a second thing, you are emphasizing how easily the second thing can be achieved or proved.
- over-analyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
- over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- overactivity — Excessive activity.
- overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- overanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of overanalyze.
- overcapacity — capacity beyond what is normal, allowed, or desirable.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- overliterary — excessively literary
- overmaturity — (of a tree or forest) the state of having ceased to grow or have commercial value
- overtime pay — a higher than normal rate of pay, for work done as overtime
- pave the way — be a pioneer
- pay envelope — an envelope containing a paycheck or wages.
- pay-per-view — a system requiring that a subscriber pay for each program viewed: championship games seen only on pay-per-view.
- pennsylvania — a state in the E United States. 45,333 sq. mi. (117,410 sq. km). Capital: Harrisburg. Abbreviation: PA (for use with zip code), Pa., Penn., Penna.
- persuasively — able, fitted, or intended to persuade: a very persuasive argument.
- polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
- postvagotomy — of or occurring in the period after a vagotomy
- poverty trap — If someone is in a poverty trap, they are very poor but cannot improve their income because the money they get from the government decreases as the money they earn increases.
- preovulatory — to produce and discharge eggs from an ovary or ovarian follicle.
- preservatory — a preservative
- previsionary — having foresight
- primary verb — one of the three verbs, be, do, and have, that can function both as a main verb and an auxiliary verb.
- primary wave — Seismology. P wave.
- pro-activity — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- proverbially — of, relating to, or characteristic of a proverb: proverbial brevity.
- provincially — belonging or peculiar to some particular province; local: the provincial newspaper.
- provisionary — providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- pyruvic acid — a water-soluble liquid, C 3 H 4 O 3 , important in many metabolic and fermentative processes, having an odor resembling that of acetic acid, prepared by the dehydration of tartaric acid: used chiefly in biochemical research.
- rally driver — sports-car racer
- rarity value — if something has rarity value, it is valuable because there a few examples of it
- reconveyance — to convey again.
- recreatively — to refresh by means of relaxation and enjoyment, as restore physically or mentally.
- refractivity — the power to refract.
- reputatively — according to reckoning; by repute; putatively
- retractively — in a retractive manner
- reversionary — of, relating to, or involving a reversion.
- rotary valve — a valve that rotates continuously or through an arc to open and close.
- royal octavo — a book size, 61⁄4 by 10 inches
- safety valve — a device that, when actuated by a gas or vapor pressure above a predetermined level, opens and allows the gas or vapor to escape until its pressure is reduced to a pressure equal to or below that of the predetermined level. Compare relief valve.
- salvifically — in a saving manner